Prevention Is Proactive
Hindsight is 20/20—if you knew the solution back then, the outcome could’ve been better. Prevention means acting now to protect your future health and vision. Unfortunately, many eye diseases can develop without symptoms until severe damage or vision loss occurs.
Comprehensive eye exams help us monitor changes to your eyes, so we can make recommendations as up-to-date as possible. We can offer prevention tips from nutrition to UV protection. When early signs of eye problems are detected, we can start management to preserve your sight.
Schedule regular eye exams so we can help you look after your eyes.
Protecting Your Overall Health
Looking into your eyes, we can tell a lot about your vision and health—even detect diseases or conditions affecting your overall health. Eye exams can help us diagnose and manage various problems, including heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and vascular disease.
We can help manage everyday vision issues and develop strategies to protect your lifelong eye health.
A Closer Look at Eye Diseases & Conditions
Early detection is key to managing eye health. We want to help you feel informed about your vision and eye care, so you can make decisions in your daily life to benefit your visual health. Learning about common eye diseases and conditions can help you recognize symptoms and understand available management methods.
Cataracts
A cataract is a cloudy spot on the eye’s lens formed from deteriorated protein, usually resulting from aging. The spot blocks light from entering the eye and reduces the lens’ flexibility when focusing. Cataracts typically develop gradually, causing blurry near and far vision.
Protecting your eyes from UV light with sunglasses and enjoying a diet rich in antioxidants may help prevent or slow cataract growth. Contact lenses or glasses can help improve vision in the early stages. However, patients experiencing severe vision impairment may benefit from cataract surgery.
Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy develops in over 50% of people with diabetes. The disease affects retina health (light-detecting tissue), causing gradual vision loss, including dark or blank spots, floaters, and poor vision in low lighting. Your risk of developing diabetic retinopathy and related sight-threatening conditions increases the longer you have diabetes.
Diabetic eye exams can help monitor changes to eye tissue so you can receive care as soon as possible and prevent vision loss.
Dry Eye
Dry eye is a disease caused by poor tear quality or quantity. Tears nourish the front of the eye, supplying nutrients and keeping the surface clean. When tears evaporate too quickly or lack nutrients, it can cause:
- Blurred vision
- Burning or irritation
- Corneal scarring
- Light sensitivity
- Watery eyes
Many factors can contribute to dry eye, including poor nutrition, blocked tear glands, environmental conditions, and medications. Dry eye therapy creates a personalized treatment plan for your eye health and lifestyle.
Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a group of eye disorders commonly caused by increased intraocular pressure (IOP). Excess fluid in the eye adds pressure on the optic nerve, damaging the cluster of nerve cells responsible for transmitting visual information to the brain. Vision loss is gradual, beginning with peripheral (side) vision and leading to blindness.
Comprehensive eye exams test IOP and evaluate optic nerve health to help detect glaucoma. The earlier glaucoma is detected, the earlier we can implement treatment to preserve your sight.
Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration or age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe vision loss in older adults. The macula (central retina) deteriorates, distorting or impairing central vision.
- Dry (atrophic) is the common, slow-developing form. There is no treatment, but lifestyle and nutrition can help prevent advanced AMD.
- Wet (exudative) or advanced AMD is rarer but can develop suddenly. Treatment can include anti-VEGF injections or surgery to help control leaking or damaged blood vessels.
Regular eye exams evaluate macula health to help us tailor prevention care to your eyes.
We Strive to Support Your Vision
We want our patients to feel confident that their eyes are in good hands. We’re passionate about preventative care, helping you and your family protect your eye health for a lifetime of healthy vision. Visit us today so we can support your eye care.
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Our location is across from the York Galleria, and plenty of parking is available out front. We look forward to seeing you and your family!
Our Address
- 2820 Whiteford Rd., Suite 6, York, PA 17402
Contact Information
- Phone: 717-470-0650
- Fax: 717-470-0655
- Email: [email protected]
Hours of Operation
- Monday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Thursday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
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Vision TipsMost of us notice a person’s eye color almost immediately when we meet them. A striking pair of eyes can make a deep impression, and what could be more striking than a pair of eyes that don’t match? In scientific terms, that’s heterochromia, a phenomenon fairly common in cats and dogs but much rarer in […]
Spotlight: Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Tips on Maintaining Healthy Eyesight
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What Is Heterochromia?
Most of us notice a person’s eye color almost immediately when we meet them. A striking pair of eyes can make a deep impression, and what could be more striking than a pair of eyes that don’t match? In scientific terms, that’s heterochromia, a phenomenon fairly common in cats and dogs but much rarer in […]
Spotlight: Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of permanent vision loss for people over the age of fifty. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the slow loss of central vision due to the deterioration of the macula, the part of the retina with the highest concentration of photoreceptor cells and the part that gives us our […]
Tips on Maintaining Healthy Eyesight
An underrated ingredient of a good quality of life is healthy eyesight. As many as one in six adults struggle with sight-threatening eye conditions and far more than that live with some level of vision loss as they get older. Age is a risk factor for many of the major causes of blindness, including glaucoma, […]
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Kuzo Eye Care
- 2820 Whiteford Rd., Suite 6, York, PA 17402
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P: 717-470-0650
F: 717-470-0655
[email protected]